Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17
इत्येव मुक्त्वा ते जग्मुस्त्रयोऽपि द्विजपुंगवाः । कैलासं ददृशुस्तत्र तमुलूकं स्वनीडगम्
ityeva muktvā te jagmustrayo'pi dvijapuṃgavāḥ | kailāsaṃ dadṛśustatra tamulūkaṃ svanīḍagam
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് ആ മൂന്നു ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ബ്രാഹ്മണർ പുറപ്പെട്ടു. അവിടെ അവർ കൈലാസം കണ്ടു; സ്വന്തം കൂടിലിരുന്ന ആ മൂങ്ങയെയും കണ്ടു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice; within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kailāsa
Type: peak
Scene: Three eminent brāhmaṇas behold the snow-bright Kailāsa; nearby, an owl sits in its nest, watchful—an uncanny yet natural presence at the sacred threshold.
FAQs
Approaching sacred space (Kailāsa) is part of dharmic striving; the journey itself becomes a means to fulfill righteous aims.
Kailāsa—Śiva’s famed mountain abode—is explicitly mentioned.
None; it narrates travel and darśana (beholding) of the sacred mountain.